A 92-year-old Fairbanks woman struck on one of her daily walks downtown has died of her injuries. Locals told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that Yolana Rockar was a fixture in the city’s downtown. Mayor Jerry Cleworth says Rockar was a …
Maine’s first Republican-led Legislature in decades did as it promised and rolled back business regulations, and after years of trying made major changes in health insurance laws during the six-month 2011 session. But lawmakers also are leaving their imprint on …
Connecticut’s attorney general’s office and the Department of Consumer Protection say their investigations into criminal activity involving home improvement contractors has led to 33 convictions. Between Jan. 4 and June 6, contractors were convicted in 33 cases and placed in …
A Zimbabwean official says at least three people died after a gasoline truck overturned in the capital and burst into flames after people rushed to the vehicle to take the leaking gas. Fire department chief Savius Mugava told state radio …
Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor revoked the resident insurance agent license of Jeffrey Hum, of Toledo, Ohio, for violations of Ohio insurance law. A department review revealed that the Illinois Secretary of State issued an …
A couple in an earthquake-ravaged pocket of central Arkansas is blaming recent seismic activity on companies that inject wastewater into the ground near their home. An attorney for Sam and April Lane filed a lawsuit in May in Faulkner County, …
A central Kentucky homeowner says a lightning strike started a fire that burned his home to the ground. Mark Dees of Berea told WLEX-TV in Lexington that the lightning struck at about 3:30 p.m. EDT Saturday while he was out, …
A former Shreveport, La., police officer and two others have surrendered to authorities on warrants charging them with fraud in the alleged theft of a vehicle. State police say Aisha Barnes, Kaneesha Knuckles and Thomas Williams were arrested and booked …
When the object is to beat a disaster to its target, sometimes bells and whistles are necessary. Also, pop-ups, blinking lights, vibrations, sirens, buzzing, digital displays, pages, Facebook and Twitter tickles, beeping, calm voices, even reversing the escalator from up …
UBS Financial Services agreed to pay Indiana regulators $677,000 to settle a claim that it sold “unsuitable investments” to a now defunct teachers union health care trust. The claim stems from the $16.2 million that the Indiana State Teachers Association …